The agreement must be in writing, not just verbal. in Tetun
Akordu ne'e tenke eskrita, la'ós verbál de'it.
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This Tetun (Tetum) translation comes from a curated 2,500-phrase parallel corpus drawn from the official tetun.org dictionary by Catharina Williams-van Klinken. Tetun is one of the two official languages of Timor-Leste alongside Portuguese.
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- Our director has just resigned to become a government minister. So we must appoint someone else as permanent director, not just as an acting director.Ita nia diretór foin rezigna an atu sai fali ministru. Nune'e ita presiza foti fali ema seluk sai diretór definitivu, la bele foti reitór interinu de'it.
- Judges must make just decisions.Juiz tenke hatuun desizaun ne'ebé justu.
- You must weigh up your words. Don’t just speak as you want to speak.Tenke ko'alia sukat ibun, la bele ko'alia tuir ó nia hakarak.
- You're just sitting there like a boss, not working, just waiting to be fed!Ó tuur hanesan bos de'it, la hatene halo servisu, hein han de'it!
- We must raise our competitivity, not just to compete within the country, but also to compete overseas.Ita presiza hasa'e ita nia kompetitividade, la'ós de'it atu kompete iha rai laran, maibé atu kompete mós iha rai li'ur.
- Parents educating you but when you don’t pay attention just be careful just be careful that you don’t go astray.Inan-aman hanorin la rona ta'uk mak la'o sala dalan de'it.